Police dog Audi is said to have recovered well after being injured during an arrest.

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The Home Secretary and former leadership contender Sajid Javid has been seen going into No 10 to meet Boris Johnson.

The Bromsgrove MP has been widely tipped for one of the top jobs in cabinet.

Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley has said she has left the government.

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In a statement, the Staffordshire Moorlands MP says: "It has been an enormous privilege to serve as secretary of state for Northern Ireland and represent this special nation and integral part of our precious union.

"I would like to pay tribute to Theresa May for her continued support and commitment to ensuring the unique needs of Northern Ireland were met and respected in full.

"I would also like to thank the whole team at the Northern Ireland Office who work tirelessly to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland."

The firefighters based in Bromyard have had a busy 24 hours.

Yesterday they were rescuing a sheep from a pool and today they've been freeing a young cow that had slipped into a muddy stream.

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They used a winch to get her to safety and say she's now expected to make a full recovery.

BBC Midlands Today

There are claims a new rail timetable introduced in May isn't working in some parts of the West Midlands, with passengers complaining about increased levels of delays and cancellations.

In Rugeley, passengers have told Midlands Today they are angry services from London get so delayed, they are frequently turned around at Hednesford, two stops early.

Operator West Midlands Trains has admitted there are problems and has promised to make changes to improve things.

BBC News Travel

Three parts of the M6 and M5 in the West Midlands are going to be shut tonight for work to be carried out on them. , external

They include the northbound side of the M5 between J2 and J1, from 20:00 to 06:00, as part of the ongoing repairs to the Oldbury Viaduct.

Highways England will also close the M6 southbound from J4 to J3 and northbound J6 to J7, both from 20:00 until 06:00.

A police dog that was stabbed in the head while helping to make an arrest in Stoke-on-Trent is back at work.

The handler who works with Audi, PC Karl Mander, said: "luckily he has recovered well and there doesn't seem to be any lasting damage to him."

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PC Mander also said his team have been touched by the cards, get well messages and gifts sent to Audi.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Coventry could get the UK's first electric car charging lane, which will allow vehicles to recharge as they drive along it.

Segmented magnetic coils would be installed in a section of a road in the north-east of the city to create the "E-lane", under plans being put forward by the city councils.

Electric vehicles retrofitted with a receiver would be able to charge while on the move.

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The local authority described it as "cutting edge technology" and its senior project manager, Shamala Evans said: “The manufacturing industry has made a choice to back electric vehicles, now we need to look at the best way to look at the battery element and charging element."

Earlier this year the council and its partners failed in a bid to get more than £1m for a feasibility study and to start a trial of the technology, but say they would try again.

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BBC Coventry and Warwickshire

"Tonnes" of food left behind by departing students are being redistributed to homeless charities and food banks.

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Volunteers at the University of Warwick have given more than six tonnes of unwanted food to charity in the past month.

Charity director Susan Rutherford said volunteers were still sorting through 70 crates of surplus food, which were delivered in June.

Other universities, such as Keele, Birmingham and Harper Adams, have similar initiatives in place to gather unwanted food items for people living in poverty.

Four armed raiders are jailed after they admit to carrying out a "sickening" robbery in Coventry.

Archaeologists are carrying out the first ever dig in the grounds of Shrewsbury Castle.

They're spending two weeks there, hoping to uncover traces of buildings that once stood within the walls.

The man leading the project, Dr Nigel Baker, said: "We know that castles in general had a lot of buildings that have disappeared over the centuries and we think that this may be just such an example.

"We may even have a hall built by Henry II, on the other hand we could have got a whole load of rubble dumped by Thomas Telford's builders in the 1790s."

And he added: "That's Shrewsbury for you, it's just a little bit unexplored and a little bit undiscovered still, to this present day."

A man's been arrested on suspicion of attempted rape after a woman was attacked in a railway station.

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The victim, aged in her 40s, was sitting on a bench near the ticket officet at Tyseley, Birmingham, on Monday evening when British Transport Police said it happened., external

A man approached her, exposed himself, dragged the woman and grabbed her around the neck.

The woman yelled for help and, after a struggle, officers said the man was believed to have run out of the station.

A 19-year-old man from Tyseley was arrested on suspicion of attempted rape and possession of a Class B drug and is still in custody.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

The cost of demolishing a former swimming pool in Worcester could be significantly higher than originally thought.

The Samsome Walk baths closed more than two years ago. There are plans to use the site for social housing and a centre for the YMCA, and the cost of the demolition was thought to be about £1.6m.

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But work was halted and building consultants were asked to come up with a report after workmen found more asbestos than expected.

Worcester City Council won't say exactly what the new estimate is, but members will meet next week to discuss their next move.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Gym users in Telford have been asked to keep the noise down, so that they don't disturb those using a mental health NHS facility downstairs.

A report claims the running machines in Telford Langley School’s fitness suite have had a “detrimental effect” on the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service that shares the building.

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The trust which has responsibility for the mental health service says it's a concern and it is working with the school.

Kevin Shepperson was battered to death after one of his attackers entered his flat through a window.

There are plans to raise an 800m section of railway embankment next to the River Lugg, to protect properties in Leominster from possible flooding.

The Environment Agency is putting forward the proposals and said the new flood defences would be 1m (3.2ft) high and could also include a 19m (62ft) long concrete wall next to the Network Rail Bridge, on the edge of the town.

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People living nearby have until 15 August to comment on the proposals and, if permission is given, the work will start this autumn.

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BBC News

A low-sugar version of Cadbury's Dairy Milk has gone on sale for the first time.

In 2017, Public Health England challenged the food industry to reduce sugar levels by a fifth by 2020, or reduce the size of unhealthy products.

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The new bar will contain 30% less sugar and the firm says some of that's been replaced with fibre to keep the bar's structure and texture - the calorie level is broadly the same.

It's being sold alongside the full-sugar version after research at Cadbury's sites in Bournville and Reading.

A "sugar tax" on drinks came into force in April 2018, and a wider levy on all unhealthy foods is being considered to help tackle obesity.

However, during the campaign trail, new Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would stop any new levies being introduced until a review is completed.

A Coventry pothole that has twice had a large penis spray painted on it is going to be fixed this summer.

The hole, on Farber Road, had graffiti painted on it in May in what is thought to be an attempt to draw attention to it and encourage the council to repair it.

The pothole attracted numerous complaints from local residents.

The break-in left the vehicle off the road with crews unable to respond to emergency calls.

The Stratford-upon-Avon redevelopment will secure jobs for "future generations" of costume-makers.